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Motivation
Professional development (PD) refers to accumulated skills and
knowledge that contribute to personal and career advancement. It
includes, but is not limited to, understanding professional
responsibilities, understanding corporate and government organizations
and their conduct, professional skills such as communication and
effective personal interactions, and learning new professional skills
through workshops and short courses. PD is crucial for the engineering
student’s overall development and adds to his/her value after graduation
and level of satisfaction and enjoyment during college. For example, PD
activities in the College of Engineering and the engineering departments
at Villanova would include active leadership positions in student
chapters of the professional societies, activities that improve
interpersonal and management skills, developing an effective resume,
learning how to make a positive impact during an interview, actively
participating in technical or organizational lectures, and workshops to
improve understanding of a technical field or how a company conducts its
business. PD is wide and its activities are many.
The Program
All freshman engineering students, as part of EGR 1200 (fall) and EGR
1205 (spring), are required to participate in a minimum of three PD
activities each semester. The list of acceptable activities appears
below. The three activities are in addition to the Ward/Cunningham
Lecture Series talks given once each fall and spring. Please see
www.villanova.edu/engineering/newsevents/
for information on this series. All freshmen engineering students are
required to attend these. Many of the PD activities are organized and
run by the College of Engineering (CoE) and its departments as part of
their normal activities each year. Some are run by the Career Center (Garey
Hall Rm 119E, Ms. Nancy Dudak,
nancy.dudak@villanova.edu), and others
are planned specifically for the CoE PD program.
For each activity, a report on the official PD report template needs to
be submitted for the student to earn credit for that activity. The
download and complete the template
following the instructions below.
Fill in the blank spaces as indicated. In the body of the report, please
include the following:
- The main points of the talk or activity,
- How the main points relate to what you have already learned in your
engineering experiences,
- How the main points either stimulated or did not stimulate you to
learn more about the topic(s),
- How the activity fits into your professional development plan.
The administrator for the PD program is Ms. Gayle Doyle (gayle.doyle@villanova.edu),
Administrator of Student Support Programs, Rm 202B CEER. Please submit a
hardcopy of your report to Ms. Doyle for her information. The report
should be printed and hand delivered, or scanned and emailed to her as a
pdf file after completion. The body of the report is to be handwritten
by the student participating in the activity and signed in the
appropriate location as noted. The report is due no later than 24 hours
after the event has ended. If the activity is Career Center related,
you will be given specific guidelines as to what needs to be submitted.
Do not use the template for these activities. No reports are required
for the Ward/Cunningham Lecture Series talks.
Though it is not anticipated for any student, failure to successfully
complete this program in any semester will result in an incomplete grade
in either EGR 1200 or 1205.
View and print the
List of Acceptable Professional Development Activities for reference.
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List of Acceptable Professional Development Activities
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